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More Quotes by Erich Fromm
Power on the one side, fear on the other, are always the buttresses on which irrational authority is built
Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love
When people can't handle God any more, they turn to religion.
Respect is not fear and awe; it...[is]the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality. Respect, thus, implies the absence of exploitation. I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me.Fromm
The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man, who has overcome his egocentricity.
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.
The deepest need of the human being is to overcome our separateness, to leave the prison of our loneliness.
It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.
To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.
Hate is a product of the unfulfilled life.
